| #1133681 in Books | Naxos Audio Books | 2002-06 | PDF of discs: 3 | Formats: Audiobook, Unabridged | Original language:English | PDF # 3 | 5.75 x5.00 x1.00l,.43 | Binding: Audio CD | ||3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| A great translation from the Middle English!|By Dot Dittman|There is quite an array of voices in this production with authentic-sounding accents. Very animated without being over done. I wouldn't let kids listen to the Wive's Tale, however; it is pretty risque.|26 of 33 people found the following review helpful.| This version is Volume II with only 4|About the Author|Often referred to as the father of English poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer was a fourteenth-century philosopher, alchemist, astrologer, bureaucrat, diplomat, and author of many significant poems. Chaucer s writing was influential in English literary tr
Chaucer's greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society and values. The stories contained within this recording -- including The Clerk's Prologue and Tale, The Nun's Priest Prologue and Tale, The Prioress's Prologue and Tale, The Reeve's Prologue and Tale, The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale -- are told with freshness and vigor (in this modern verse translation by Frank Ernest Hill, 1935), that mak...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Canterbury Tales - Volume II (Classic Literature With Classical Music. Classic Fiction) | Geoffrey Chaucer. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
